Five Reasons You Need to Buy a Tivo

If you haven't gotten a Tivo, it's time to get with the program; the little black box has become a buzzword, and is now synonymous with digital video recording because of its fantastic software and ease of use. Here are some reasons that will hopefully convince all of you late bloomers to stop by the Best Buy on the way home and grab the biggest innovation in television history since the antenna.

No Commercials
We'll start out with an easy one. Let me first explain the downside of my commercial free life; it's really hard for me to be at someone's house anymore if they don't have a Tivo. Every time a commercial comes on, I keep asking why they don't skip it. When they talk about their favorite and least favorite Budweiser commercials, I have no idea what they're talking about.
Apart from that, watching TV without commercials is positively life-changing. You don't realize how many commercials you watch until you stop watching them; you can go through an hour of programming in 40 minutes and keep on movin'. The $20 a month Tivo service price tag is worth it just for the time you're going to save in commercials (though you may lose that time watching more TV).

The Tivo Wishlist and Other Programming Features
Got a favorite actor? Actress? Director? Program it into the Tivo and it'll record everything that person appears in that comes on your TV. Great for when you know your favorite actor's making the talk show rounds and you don't want to take the time of going the TV schedule to see when and what he's on.
Also, every Tivo that's hooked up to the Internet can be accessed remotely and new shows can be programmed into it from your work computer. What's the name of that program, you ask? Why, what a perfect segue...